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Wounded Ducks invoke memories of Oregon's painful past.

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Byline: Ron Bellamy The Register-Guard

When Dennis Dixon got hurt, and the Ducks lost at Arizona, a friend asked if I'd ever seen a team so dependent on just one player. In fact I had: The team was Oregon, and the year was 1988, and the player was quarterback Bill Musgrave.

When Brady Leaf got hurt, and the Ducks got down to their fifth-string quarterback, well, I'd seen that before, too. The team was Oregon, and the year was 1991, and the players were Danny O'Neil, Brett Salisbury, Doug Musgrave, Kyle Crowston and Bob Brothers.

In both years, the Ducks lost their first-string quarterback and never won another game, which meant losing the Civil War in an era in which the Ducks didn't lose many of those.

The 21-10 loss to the Beavers in 1988 broke a 20-game Civil War winning streak for Rich Brooks, as a player at OSU and then as the Oregon coach. The goal posts came down in Parker Stadium; it was Oregon State's first win in the Civil War since 1974.

The 14-3 loss to OSU in 1991...

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